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Drupal Community in China

Drupal Community in China. Liang Shen. Who am I? @shenzhuxi. Drupal developer in European Bioinformatics Institute Maintainer of modules on Drupal.org apachesolr_user_indexer apachesolr_file pdf og_moderation og_workflow fileviewer highlight. Drupal China Community. Beijing Shanghai

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Drupal Community in China

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  1. Drupal Community in China Liang Shen

  2. Who am I? @shenzhuxi • Drupal developer in European Bioinformatics Institute • Maintainer of modules on Drupal.org • apachesolr_user_indexer • apachesolr_file • pdf • og_moderation • og_workflow • fileviewer • highlight

  3. Drupal China Community • Beijing • Shanghai • Guangzhou • Chongqing • Xi'an • Hongkong • ...

  4. Guangzhou 2009

  5. Shanghai 2009

  6. Beijing 2010

  7. Beijing 2011

  8. Drupal China Community • DrupalChina.org (shut down) • DrupalCHN.org (almost shut down) • groups.drupal.org • QQ Group

  9. QQ Group

  10. Contribution from China

  11. DrupalCon Scholars from China • skyredwang, San Francisco, 2010 • makara, Copenhagen, 2010 • shenzhuxi, London, 2011 • willkaxu, Denver, 2012 • ?, Munich, 2012

  12. Companies Beijing Shanghai

  13. Weakness • Language • Living Standard • Legal Environment: • Piracy • Censorship • Education

  14. Developers/Language Use English Developers PHP Drupal Read English

  15. Browser Hell

  16. Great Fire Wall Why Linux goes from 2.6.3 to 3.0.0 directly?

  17. Opportunities Where? • Startup • E-Commerce • Enterprise • NGO • Mobile How? • eChinaCities.com • CRbook.cn • Edanz group • CNCdiversitas.org • greatbrewers.com?

  18. Competitors "Free" Localization "Open source" BBS by comsenz (acquired by Tencent)

  19. SWOT

  20. Drupal in Pakistan …runs on Coke® Kubair Shirazee

  21. 10.4% of the population is connected (18,500,000 internet users 2010 figures) 57% Mobile penetration. 47th largest economy in the world. 54% of the economy is service based. Worth of local software services industry is US$1.2 billion. Pakistan is the second easiest place to do business with in South Asia, it has more English speakers than, South Africa, Turkey, Singapore or Malaysia. Pakistan!?

  22. Drupal Community in Pakistan

  23. First Drupal tar downloaded in 2004 Community active on D.O since 2006 Registered Drupal members from Pakistan, as of April 2012; is 5,421 Active members are a small proportion of the registered base. In the top ten countries by growth in visits to Drupal.org in 2010 and 2011 Fourth highest growth region in visitors to D.O from 2010-2011 from Southern Asia Drupal in Pakistan

  24. Drupal Community in Pakistan Registered Drupal members from Pakistan, as of April 2012; is 5,421 Active members are a small proportion of the registered base. Rallying the community has been a tall order but the ice has been broken First Drupal Meet up took place in April 2012 To be followed by a Drupal camp in June 2012

  25. Interest in Drupal – the insight!

  26. Small number of Public & Private sector institutions are using Drupal, the potential for Drupal’s adoption across the indigenous digital economy is huge. indigenous digital economy is worth US $1.2 billion. Positives: A sizeable contingent of Drupal front end and backend development engineers Growing digital economy Growing momentum towards e-Governance Attrition not as big an issue as other digital economies Challenges: Export driven service market: skills are export focused Passive Drupal community with a miniscule proportion engaged with the wider community Lack of indigenous Drupal training providers (only 3!) Keeping the momentum consistent A lack of promotion of Open Source at governmental and institutional levels Potential for Drupal in Pakistan

  27. …is the Mindset!... Of the local Drupal Community itself! Biggest Challenge… …it is a PLATFORM for awesome Applications not a just a CMS!

  28. TOUGH COOKIES • SME • Large corporates • (Microsoft, Oracle and SAP heaven!) • HOT PROSPECTS • Public Sector • NGO sector • Educational institutions Opportunities in Pakistan… Where are they NEED TO CREATE AWARENESS ACROSS THE BOARD In the market & in the community

  29. Competition for OS projects is from Wordpress and Joomla But… the competition is from…

  30. INTERACTIVE SECTION 1) At this point a couple of Drupal developers will very briefly introduce themselves– there is a contingent of 6-8 developers attending the conference from Pakistan. There were a total 3 from Pakistan at DrupalCon London 2011. Providing a macro view of the community in Pakistan. The Drupalistas from Pakistan will take questions from the floor and share their experiences. 2) The developer who first download Drupal tar in 2004 will Skype in if possible to provide a macro view of the community from his perspective as a OS and Drupal proponent. Questions to put to the audience: What support can Acquia and the Drupal Association provide to truly capitalize the opportunity for Drupal in Pakistan. The suggestions would be noted and would form the basis of a conversation with Acquia and Drupal Association at the Conference. Growing Drupal in Pakistan

  31. From Pakistan with love… for Drupal Some of us are right here at DrupalCon Munich… lets chat!

  32. From Pakistan with love… for Drupal Some of us are right here at DrupalCon Munich… lets chat!

  33. Questions? @shenzhuxi & @kubair

  34. Questions? @shenzhuxi

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